Comments on: Negative-Information Bias http://www.meaningtowork.com/2009/09/negative-information-bias/ Harnassing passion. Unleashing potential. Thu, 20 May 2010 23:05:26 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Eric Barrett http://www.meaningtowork.com/2009/09/negative-information-bias/comment-page-1/#comment-18 Eric Barrett Tue, 15 Sep 2009 12:47:31 +0000 http://www.meaningtowork.com/?p=291#comment-18 We definitely are fragile in our self image. Society puts so much emphasis on our jobs and what those jobs bring that we have a really hard time separating the job from our own identities. Most people, when they are laid off, fired, or not hired for a job see it as much of a personal rejection as a professional rejection. (I admit, I'm not always any different!) The answer, I think, is in having a good anchor in where our true meaning comes from. If we do that, we can ride the ups and downs of life more easily. We definitely are fragile in our self image. Society puts so much emphasis on our jobs and what those jobs bring that we have a really hard time separating the job from our own identities. Most people, when they are laid off, fired, or not hired for a job see it as much of a personal rejection as a professional rejection. (I admit, I’m not always any different!)

The answer, I think, is in having a good anchor in where our true meaning comes from. If we do that, we can ride the ups and downs of life more easily.

]]> By: Bradley J. Moore http://www.meaningtowork.com/2009/09/negative-information-bias/comment-page-1/#comment-17 Bradley J. Moore Tue, 15 Sep 2009 09:47:13 +0000 http://www.meaningtowork.com/?p=291#comment-17 This is a great distinction - from finding meaning in work, to bringing meaning to work. It is difficult for us not to get our ego too caught up in what we do and how we are perceived. It is human nature. I talked to a friend yesterday who told me after he was laid off a few years ago, he went into a severe depression for one year, until he got another job. Yikes! We are so fragile how we build our entire self-image around our career and job. This is a tough one, I think, to see your way through. One thing that has helped me is to look at my job as an extension of God's work through me - helping people, and bringing good things to others, rather than focusing so much on myself. This is a great distinction – from finding meaning in work, to bringing meaning to work. It is difficult for us not to get our ego too caught up in what we do and how we are perceived. It is human nature. I talked to a friend yesterday who told me after he was laid off a few years ago, he went into a severe depression for one year, until he got another job. Yikes! We are so fragile how we build our entire self-image around our career and job. This is a tough one, I think, to see your way through.

One thing that has helped me is to look at my job as an extension of God’s work through me – helping people, and bringing good things to others, rather than focusing so much on myself.

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